China is an interesting country to watch for, re: high speed rail. They are doing unconventional things that we have been told can’t work.
They're kind of crippled in the sort of service they can provide due to hostility from the freight railways that actually own and maintain the tracks--they tend to prioritize their own trains and are loathe to allow the sort of frequent service which makes passenger rail work
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That said, Amtrak is a terrible Frankenstein's monster of a company--they either need drastic overhaul or outright replacement. Most of the long-distance routes they run should probably drop their passenger service, but the senators from those states aren't fond of the idea
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If we want to study successful, profitable passenger rail, Japan is a great place to look--a lot of the railways there have been run by the same companies since their foundation (e.g. Iyotetsu). China is building a ton, but CR is currently losing money.pic.twitter.com/mInqBsRDZ7
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